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The purpose of this chapter is to examine the role of alcohol policies in reducing the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) among youth. Previous research has shown that risky sexual practices (eg. unprotected sex and multiple partn[...]
Injecting drug use (IDU) has traditionally been seen as a law enforcement problem and a stain on society. With the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) / acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), however, the discourse on IDU has wi[...]
I discuss economic approaches to the demand for harmfully addictive substances with an emphasis on the role of money prices. First, I examine trends in the real prices and in the prevalence of the use of cigarettes, alcohol, cocaine, heroin, and[...]
This chapter outlines a new approach to measuring peer influence on the choice of a young person to smoke cigarettes. The methodology is based on estimating an equilibrium discrete choice model in which the relative benefit to smoking is increas[...]
The economics of substance use and abuse deals with the consumption of goods that share two properties. First, they are addictive in the sense that an increase in past consumption of the good leads to an increase in current consumption. Second, [...]
This chapter argues that models trying to explain the spread of drug use should not be based on standard epidemiological models developed to describe the spread of infectious diseases. The main weaknesses of the standard model are the lack of at[...]
This chapter examines the impact of cigarette prices, taxes, and tobacco control policies on youth and young adult smoking propensity and intensity in the US during the years 1997-2001, a period characterized by significant changes in cigarette [...]
R. L. PACULA ; R. J. MACCOUN ; P. REUTER ; J. CHRIQUI ; B. KILMER ; K. HARRIS ; L. PAOLI ; C. SCHAFER | 2005
ChapitreAlthough frequently discussed as a singular policy, there is tremendous variation in the laws and regulations surrounding so-called decriminalization policies adopted by Werstern countries, with many jurisdictions adopting depenalization policie[...]
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